On Sat, Aug 11, 2001 at 04:43:45PM +0200, Martin Breidung wrote: > sorry, they ARE Apple_UNIX_SVR2 partitions, i didn't remember the correct > name, so i wrote swap and native.. but they aren't recognized by install... we are going to have to see a dump of your partition table then mac-fdisk -l /dev/hda > /fdisk.dump if your using woody boot-floppies just run the `report a problem' step and send the tarball to the list (or me privatly perhaps to not spam everyone with an attachment). > >if you use the `c' not `C' command for creating the linux ext2/swap > >partitions you wont have any problems with types being wrong. > > i did so except BootStrap partition... there i didn't know the according > unix-term like swap or root... you have to be careful to create this one correctly, again woody boot-floppies are superior by providing a `b' command in mac-fdisk to do this correctly. > >> hda5: Apple_HFS rest of blocks > >no point of this since MacOS will not be able to see it (no 3 dozen > >driver cruft partitions) > > hmm.. so i need to install macos on a seperate hdd? - in example > yaboot.conf the macos partition is on device hda12..?!? please read http://penguinppc.org/usr/ybin/doc/mac-fdisk-basics.shtml > i've tried on 6,4gb ibm, but the partitions aren't recognized by install... > so i take cfdisk... but if i understand you right there are no reasons that > this didn't work with any ide disks, so i wipe out cfdisk partition and try > anew... cfdisk partitions will NOT work. you must use mac-fdisk. please use woody boot-floppies and run the `report a problem' step and send us the tarball, you will need an NFS server for this. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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